Carl Huntington

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Carl Huntington
Born(1947-12-04)December 4, 1947
DiedOctober 13, 2000(2000-10-13) (aged 52)
Fairbanks, Alaska
NationalityAmerican
OccupationDog musher
Known forWinning the 1974 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

Carl Huntington (December 4, 1947 – October 13, 2000)[1] was an Athabaskan-American[2] dog musher who is best known for winning the 1974 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as a rookie, with a time of 20 days, 15 hours, 1 minute, 7 seconds.[3]

In addition to winning the Iditarod, he also won the 1974 Open World Championship Race, or the Fur Rendezvous Race- a unique feat due to the fact that this race was a speed competition, while the Iditarod is a distance competition. In reference to this, musher Libby Riddles said "There's nobody that has quite the record he has."[4]

Huntington died of an apparent suicide on October 13, 2000. He had recently been estranged from his family, and was charged with sexual abuse of a minor.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Carl Huntington". Fold3. Ancestry.com. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Runyan, Joe. "A Tribute to lead dog Nugget—an Iditarod Legend". Iditarod. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Race Archives". Iditarod. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Mushing legend dies from apparent suicide". The Seattle Times. October 16, 2000. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
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